Students, Put Down Those Pencils and Pick Up Joysticks!
4.8.09 | Michael Levine, executive director, and Ann Thai, assistant director of the center, write that educators can continue to “fight the tide by grousing about how pervasive video games are, or build on the many beneficial ways they’re rewiring the way kids think and engage the world.”
They single out the Quest to Learn school in New York, funded by MacArthur and led by grantee Katie Salen, as a needed innovative approach to learning in the digital era. The school will use game design principles to create engaging learning experiences for students.
Read the Daily News op-ed here.
For a more developed article on this topic, click here.
Leave a comment
Comments are moderated to ensure topic relevance and generally will be posted quickly.
